In this innovative report, environmental think-tank World Resources Initiative integrates socioeconomic data with geographic data on "ecosystems and their services (water availability, wood supply, wildlife populations, and the like) to yield a picture of how land, people, and prosperity are related in Kenya." The findings strengthen our understanding of the strong relationship between environmental crises and social instability, and why developing world communities with sound environmental practices often see faster gains in alleviating poverty.

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